Banggerreng “Knock'emdownstorm Season” Starts.

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It was nice to get amongst the wild things and feel the natural history. This was my sixth trip and while I feel more comfortable and the distances seem to get shorter, I think I might need a slightly bigger daypack to store all the new experiences.
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Adlappa erythroptera
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Agamidae sp.
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Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
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Black Digger Wasp Sphex cognatus
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Buchnera sp.
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Copland's Rock Frog Litoria coplandi

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Eucalyptus porrecta
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Fine-leafed Fan Palm Inflorescence Livistona inermis
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Flesh-Fly Scarcophagidae sp.
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Gomphrena sp.
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Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata female
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Hyptis suaveolens
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Ipomoea sp.

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Lemon Bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster
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Gudjewg “Monsoon Season” Ends

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Gubara was very hot and very humid. It seemed quiet because possibly this wet season rainy periods have been so irregular, some flora and fauna getting mixed messages about the wet season winding down only to find flowers knocked off by rain drops or eggs destroyed by mold thriving in the wetness. I did managed to get up onto the escarpment late in the morning. However, staying among the tall trees of the sandstone gorge rainforest would have been smarter considering the heat.
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Waterfall Creek
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Waterfall Creek Tributary
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Mantid Ciulfina sp. Male
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Merremia sp.
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Northern Thredtail Nososticta fraternal
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Orange Lacewing Cethosia penthesilea
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Paddy-Bug Leptocorisa acuta
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Eriocaulon setaceujm
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Rainbow Bee-eater Merops arnatus
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Stick Case Moth Clania lewinii
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Swamp Bloodwood Eucalyptus ptychocarpa
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Swamp Foxglove Centranthera cochinchinensis
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Tylophora sp.
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Leopard Grasshopper Stropis maculosa (Stal)
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Zebra Grasshopper Zebratula flavogigra
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Bio Diversity

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Sometimes when I find it difficult to find my neighbours I try and imagine who went out and actually counted the insects they claim are here in their thousands. Some animals seem to be more present than at other times, so if I stand still will they eventually cross my path? Bio diversity must differ from location to location and so how can the complexity be unravelled especially when the scientific community has such limited funds to study non commercial interests.
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Acacea Megalantha
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Black Ant-blue Butterfly Acrodipsas hirtipes
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Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta juv
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Clearwing Swallowtail Cressida Cressida
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Diving Beetle Dytiscidae sp.
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Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex Race simplex
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Melaleuca symphyocarpa
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Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii
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Purple Winged Mantid Tenodera australasiae
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Red-Brown Huntsman Delena cancerides
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Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
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Silver Crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps juv
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St Andrews Cross Orb Spider Argiope keyerslingi
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Thecanthes punicea
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Past Four O’Clock with the Day Flying Moth Dysphania numana

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Just after dusk the sky is filled with moths fluttering purposely on parade for a partner or looking for plants to set up a nursery. I was lucky to be visited closer to the ground and even more lucky to watch an egg laying session. I also had the chance to get a few images of a 12 hour old moth who had not yet pumped his wing veins into his eventual can-fly pressure.
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Relationship of leaf to trunk and a circular even spread of eggs.
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Interesting choice of a curling leaf!
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The eggs moments old!
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Close up Face
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Closeup Abdomen Very hairy.
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Closeup Wing Tip Pigment
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